Base MCP AI tool enables chat driven crypto transactions

Base, the Ethereum layer-2 network incubated by Coinbase, has launched a new tool that allows users to manage cryptocurrency assets and execute blockchain transactions through conversational commands to artificial intelligence agents. The system, called Base MCP (Model Context Protocol), was announced on May 26 and connects user accounts to AI interfaces that support the MCP standard, including platforms like Anthropic’s Claude, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and Cursor.

The tool enables users to prompt an AI agent to perform actions such as transferring funds, swapping tokens, checking balances, reviewing transaction history, and interacting with supported decentralized applications (dApps). When an action is proposed within the chat interface, a separate window for the user’s Base wallet opens to display the details. Every transaction must be explicitly confirmed or canceled by the user, and the AI agent never gains access to private keys.

Base officials emphasized that this design preserves user control while introducing automation. Lincoln Murr, head of AI Product at Coinbase, described the tool as a wrapper on top of existing application programming interfaces (APIs) that allows a...